Red Chinese adjective 2noun 2 adjective2 •(old-fashioned) pertaining to the People's Republic of ChinaJubilation was high. The North Korean Army had been beaten and was fleeing northward; victory seemed complete. But then, on the horizon, loomed a new menace: the Red Chinese. — 1963 •(no longer used) originating from the Communists of the Republic of China prior to the Chinese Civil War noun2 •(old-fashioned) a national of the People's Republic of China •(old-fashioned) a communist from China